Bottle ID: 69

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UNGLAZED, CARVED WITH BIRD

Date: 1820-1855

Height: 56 mm

Porcelain, of flattened rectangular form with rounded shoulders, with a cylindrical neck and recessed oval foot, molded and applied on one side with a bird perched on a gnarled branch by other leafy branches, its eye picked out in black, the base incised with a Qianlong nianzhi mark, but not of the period.

Possibly attributed to Yucheng, Jingde Zhen.

Similar Examples:

Lawrence, Clare. Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom - The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1996, pp. 204-205, no. 96.214.
Low, Denis S. K. Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III, 2007, p. 243, no. 210.
Miller, Tony and Humphrey Hui. Elegance in Relief: Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to Early 20th Centuries, 2006, pp.248-249, no. 103.

Provenance:

Clare Lawrence Ltd.
The Monimar Collection
J.W.A. International, Inc.

Although unsigned it is possible that this bottle can be attributed to the potter Yucheng by comparison with a similar bottle signed Yucheng in an English Collection. Unlike Chen Guozhi and Wang Bingrong, Li Yucheng focused on one particular traditional style and subject matter. Apart from one brush pot depicting Shoulao, most of his pieces are decorated with birds, plants and insects depicted in a highly naturalistic manner. However there were other potters working at this time in Jingde Zhen, with seven who exclusively produced snuff bottles, most of them to a very high level and often carving similar scenes.

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